2001 - fourth annual
Vineyard Cyclocross Race
race results
(andrew
wellman photos - click for larger image)
december 8, 2001 - domaine chandon, yountville ca.
presented by napa valley velo
sponsored by domaine chandon - mark grassi constructionand sheila moon designs
conditions: Sunny, 50's, damp, beautiful
photos: We have some great images courtesy of professional photographers Andrew Wellman (AndrewAWellman@aol.com), whose images are sampled above, and Russ and Nancy Wright (photos@AbbiOrca.com), whose shots will be posted here soon. This was truly a photogenic venue. If you were there and have pictures of your own to contribute, drop a line. Check back here later for new images to be posted.
video! Master racer Hans Kellner has been wearing a video helmet-cam to races this season, and has posted some truly awesome flicks of the Vineyard CX race (taken in the Senior B event) - check them out here. Thanks Hans!
race report:
After three years at the
somewhat inferior venue of a city park in Napa, the Vineyard CX finally
lived up to its name with a fine new course at the Domaine Chandon winery
vineyards in Yountville. Unlike the rocky hillsides of the World
Cup MTB race at the same site, the Chandon CX course toured the late fall
splendor of the valley floor. Dodging the soggy weather of
the previous weekend (which dropped five inches of rain at the site), the
roads and hillsides had dried out (mostly) for a nice balance of
dry earth, soft grass, gravel, pavement, and...mud. In homage to
last week's Surf City race, we had to throw in at least one mud
bog. But just one.
The course began at the winery warehouses and sped out into the vineyards for the first runup, a muddy affair leading to a descent between two vine rows. Back on the dirt road for a couple of moderate climbs, a tricky down-up turn, and a slog through soft grass to a gradual run-up. Then a long hammer section around a vineyard block, some more soft earth between vine rows, then through the start-finish for some ups and downs and the mud bog, a long ditch behind the warehouse. "It was a fun and challenging course," one rider commented. "Except that dang pond around the building was only challenging!" Overall, the course was very well received. I think we can say goodbye for a while to the old course at Alston Park.
A few race highlights:
- In the "C" race the hole shot went to Kelly Maher, vineyard manager of Domaine Chandon and our benefactor in providing the venue. (No, giving him a win was not in the contract.) In only his third ever CX race, Kelly shot off to a substantial lead but succumbed to a puncture. It's OK--he figured he probably couldn't have held that pace the whole time anyway.
- The B's were won in a fine ride by Karl Schoknecht, a kid from Germany only 16 years of age. Photographer Andrew Wellman, who brought him to the race, said Karl will be one to watch in the future.
- With Nationals coming up next week, the Masters, Women, and A races all had their share of top riders out to fine-tune their form before leaving for Baltimore. Rich Maile, who leads the district BAR rankings, won handily in the Master race. Rachel Lloyd used the race to practice her bike exchanges--and beat all but three of the master men in the process.
- The A race had perhaps the strongest field of all, if not the largest; six of the top ten riders in Surf City GC came up for the Vineyard CX, with Ben Jacques-Maynes winning handily over teammate Justin Robinson and Ben's brother Andy. Watching Ben, Andy and Justin chasing each other around the course is a familiar sight. After Ben's escape, Andy tested Justin with a few attacks. "Are you gonna let him do that?" I called out to Justin at one point. His reply: "Nope!" Justin Morgan was up there too as he often is this year, but he suffered a jammed derailleur and was forced to withdraw. A worse fate befell Scott Ledterman, whose saddle came apart leaving only the exposed rails. With a spare bike waiting for him, Scott gamely finished out the lap, drawing gasps from the spectators as he attempted a very risky re-mount after the last run-up, fortunately without injury.
results
2001 Vineyard CX at Domaine Chandon - Results
Presented by Napa Valley Velo
Sponsored by Domaine Chandon - Mark Grassi Construction - Sheila Moon Designs
Scoring and Timing by Casey Kerrigan (casey@caseykerrigan.com)
Leader's lap times (note first lap is shorter distance)
Event A's Mas & Wom B's C & Jr
Distance 7 laps 5 laps 6 laps 4 laps
Winning time 52:13 40:14 48:54 35:07
lap 1 6:21 6:51 7:00 7:12
lap 2 7:34 8:19 8:08 9:08
lap 3 7:35 8:19 8:17 9:46
lap 4 7:34 8:21 8:17 9:00
lap 5 7:38 8:22 8:25
lap 6 7:49 8:17
lap 7 7:39
C & Junior - 13 riders
Name Team Time Gap
1 David Covington Cal Road Club 35:07 0:00
2 Christopher Green 36:06 0:59
3 Isaiah Stackhouse 36:51 1:44
4 Pat Stordahl Kelly Bike 38:01 2:54
5 Richard Serp Hub Cyclery 38:02 2:55
6 Bryan Wasserman 39:27 4:20
7 Adam Leigland Hoover 39:30 4:23
8 Geoffrey James 40:25 5:18
9 Pat Sahs (Jr, 1st) 40:58 5:51
10 Dan Heidebrecht 48:30 13:23
11 Susan Serp Hub Cyclery @ 1 lap
DNF Kelly Maher Napa Valley Velo
DNF Tim Roberts
B - 40 riders
1 Karl Schoknecht R L Kleinman 48:54 0:00
2 Sandor Lenguez Team Spine 49:15 0:21
3 Greg Ulrich Bicycles Plus 50:23 1:29
4 Nick Lewellyn 52:28 3:34
5 Brett Hondorp 53:01 4:07
6 Ron Gutierrez Sycip 53:30 4:36
7 Stephen Kent Sycip 53:32 4:38
8 Mark Christian Napa Valley Velo 53:36 4:42
9 Jay Buenaventura 3rd Rail 53:38 4:44
10 Mike Baldwin Donut 54:53 5:59
11 John Rowen Napa Valley Velo 55:10 6:16
12 Eric Muensterman 55:18 6:24
13 Evan Adams Hancock / Moto 55:33 6:39
14 Jacob Gilchrist 56:24 7:30
15 Brad Sahs 56:31 7:37
16 Todd Paoletti Solano Ave 56:38 7:44
17 Heath Maddox SCCCC 57:01 8:07
18 Jorn Diedrichsen Cal 57:32 8:38
19 Mark Wisner 57:57 9:03
20 Doug Leblanc Ibis 58:18 9:24
21 Joe Fortino 58:19 9:25
22 Tim Roberts Monticello @ 1 lap
23 Curtis Inglis Inglis Cycles @ 1 lap
24 Charles Sonnabend CCSF / Moto @ 1 lap
25 Steven Woo @ 1 lap
26 Preston Booker Rev @ 1 lap
27 Paul Kerner Johnson / Grazie @ 1 lap
28 Andrew May Bianchi @ 1 lap
29 Thad Lier @ 1 lap
30 Steve Ford Huan Goche @ 1 lap
31 Chip Baker Sycip @ 1 lap
32 Loren Soltes @ 1 lap
33 Jonah Troth Symyx @ 1 lap
34 Chancie Cavendish Johnson / Grazie @ 1 lap
35 Vance Russell Davis BC @ 1 lap
36 Aaron Golub @ 1 lap
37 Kevin Logan AV / Webcor @ 1 lap
38 Marco Fazcioni @ 1 lap
39 Kevin Joell Eagle @ 1 lap
DNF Dennis McGovern Sycip
(Corrected 12/14/01 - Chip Baker in 31st, not 10th)
Master 35+ - 17 riders
1 Rich Maile Team City 40:14 0:00
2 Mark Abele Diablo Cyclists 41:48 1:34
3 Sam Giles Clif Bar/ Pacific S 41:54 1:40
4 Keith DeFiebre CCCX 42:35 2:21
5 Cass Laizure 3rd Rail 43:11 2:57
6 Jim vanSickle Active 43:27 3:13
7 Dan Soverign SGW 44:26 4:12
8 Keith Packard Grazie / Johnson 45:47 5:33
9 Fred Huxham 45:54 5:40
10 Hans Kellner GoMTB.com 46:47 6:33
11 Terry Curley Hancock / Moto 47:09 6:55
12 Dennis Morgan 47:14 7:00
13 Tuyen Morgan 47:56 7:42
14 Mark Mastalas 48:29 8:15
15 Willy Domen 50:39 10:25
16 Mike MacDonald Jaeger Wheelmen @ 1 lap
17 Michael Gomez @ 1 lap
Women - 5 riders
1 Rachel Lloyd Team Spine 42:25 0:00
2 Andrea Mackie 50:53 8:28
3 Erika Lovejoy Sycip @ 1 lap
4 Sarah Bamberger Sycip @ 1 lap
5 Michelle Gibson (Jr) NSO @ 1 lap
A - 15 riders
1 Ben Jacques-Maynes Palo Alto 52:13 0:00
2 Justin Robinson Palo Alto 53:21 1:08
3 Andy Jacques-Maynes Clif Bar 53:22 1:09
4 John Funke Sycip 55:42 3:29
5 Jason Moeschler 56:33 4:20
6 Rob Saybolt Hancock / Moto 56:51 4:38
7 Jim Moser Palisades 57:35 5:22
8 Akira Wong Kelly Bike 58:55 6:42
9 Brian Vernor 59:04 6:51
10 John Kelly Kissena 1:00:09 7:56
11 Scott Ledterman ABS 1:01:04 8:51
12 Lance Doherty Cal 1:01:21 9:08
13 Eric Neely 3BRT @ 1 lap
14 Andrew Wellman @ 1 lap
DNF Justin Morgan Clif Bar
9 Dec 01 -- Dave Carr, Napa Valley Velo - davidlcarr@aol.com